Smith, bowlers headline Australia clean-sweep

Steve Smith made a splendid 105 while the bowlers divided the crown jewels among them as Australia clean-cleared New Zealand 3-0 in the Chappell-Hadlee ODI series, with a 25-run dominate in the last match in Cairns. New Zealand could marshal 242 in a pursuit of 268. Not at all like the second ODI, New Zealand made a fine beginning, with Devon Conway and Finn Allen sharing a lively stand of 49 for the initial wicket. The pair utilized the flick, pull and drive to great impact against the Australian speed threesome of Josh Hazlewood, Mitchell Starc and Cameron Green. Eventually, Conway chipped one to Smith on the off-side, who pouched the catch simply crawls over the ground. Conway, however, appeared to be frustrated with the third umpire's choice to overrule the delicate sign. Allen kept on playing with opportunity as he lobbed Adam Zampa into the stands yet he before long tumbled to Cameron Green, chipping one to mid-on. Zampa then prised out Tom Latham to leave the guests in a spot of trouble at 77 for 3. Daryl Mitchell, who endure a got and bowled possibility, then managed with a top-edge on his force and was gotten at in reverse point. To exacerbate the situation, New Zealand captain Kane Williamson was abandoned the rear of a misunderstanding with Glenn Phillips. With the score perusing 112 for 5, Phillips and Jimmy Neesham united and shared a helpful stand of 61. Neesham utilized the compass and converse breadth against the spinners while Phillips crunched a six and a four off Starc in the 35th over to return some tension on Australia. In any case, at a significant stage, Green bowled an off-pace conveyance, with Neesham confounding his space to the defender positioned at long-on. New Zealand weren't finished at this point as Mitchell Santner and Phillips hung together one more fifty or more stand. Yet again tragically for the sightseers, they lost a wicket at a significant second with Phillips tumbling to Starc. In the extremely next finished, Abbott excused Santner to place Australia in charge of procedures. Starc followed up Abbott by finishing the customs, eliminating Lockie Ferguson and Trent Boult in the last finished. Abbott, Green and Starc divided seven scalps among them while Zampa and Hazlewood contributed with a wicket each. The establishment stone of Australia's success was laid by Smith. The hosts had one more wobble toward the beginning of their innings, losing both their openers with the score understanding 16. Aaron Finch, playing in his last ODI, was fortified by a straight ball from Tim Southee for only five. At that crossroads, Smith and Marnus Labuschagne approached accomplishing the maintenance work and sewed a 118-run represent the third wicket. At first, the team found it challenging to conform to the two-paced nature of the wicket, with the ball likewise doing a gnawed off the crease. In the end, Smith attempted to break the shackles with a fine drive through covers off Ferguson. He then continued to gather two limits off Neesham. Labuschagne likewise found the limit loads up multiple times off Ferguson as Australia consistently hurried up. Right when the pair took steps to press the gas pedal, Labuschagne pulled one profound to midwicket off Ferguson. When his batting accomplice was excused, Smith put on a fine presentation of batting, as he drew out the draw, space and furthermore pursued the deck to hang Southee over mid-off and arrived at his twelfth ODI ton. When Smith tumbled to Santner, Maxwell and Green specifically landed large blows in the trudge overs to take Australia past the 250-run mark. Carey likewise had his influence with very nearly a run-a-ball 42. Brief scores: Australia 267/5 in 50 overs (Steve Smith 105, Marnus Labuschagne 52; Trent Boult 2-25) beat New Zealand 242 in 49.5 overs (Glenn Phillips 47; Mitchell Starc 3-60) 25 runs.